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NAT103 - (Military-Ceremony-Incident) HALIFAX x-16s. The commander of the Royal Canadian Navy on the East Coast has apologized to the Aboriginal community for a confrontation in which Armed Forces members disrupted a ceremony in Halifax. Rear Admiral John Newton says he has spoken to five men who approached a spiritual event honouring the suffering of Indigenous Peoples. He says members of the military must honour diversity when they are in public. ("..trust each other.") (SOURCE:The Canadian Press)

TAG: Witnesses say that as the group of young men approached the ceremony, they were singing "God Save the Queen." The men said they were members of the Proud Boys, a self-declared group of "Western Chauvinists," who say they are tired of apologizing for progress.

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NAT104 - (Military-Ceremony-Incident) HALIFAX x-12s. The commander of the Royal Canadian Navy on the East Coast has apologized to the Aboriginal community for a confrontation in which Armed Forces members disrupted a ceremony in Halifax. Rear Admiral John Newton says he has spoken to five men who approached a spiritual event honouring the suffering of Indigenous Peoples. …